Sami Callihan says he’s way ahead of schedule in his road back to the squared circle.
Wednesday’s episode of Busted Open Radio saw an appearance from Sami Callihan, who has been sidelined with a broken ankle since September. Callihan had surgery and was initially expected to be out until the spring of 2022, and gave an update on his progress as he gets closer to a return to the ring.
“I’m feeling great, man. I’ve been going through physical therapy, athletic physical therapy as I like to call it,” Callihan explained. “Bustin’ my ass in there, I’ve been doing it about two weeks, almost three weeks in there at this point. Already did it for the day today and I’m out walking without a boot, it’s still not where I need it to be and I’m not the ‘Death Machine’ that I want to be yet, but we finally got those gears turning. A comeback is inevitable at this point.”
Callihan went on to talk about how severe his injury was, noting that it was more serious than people might realize. Despite that, Callihan added that doctors keep telling him that he’s “leaps and bounds” ahead of where he’s supposed to be in his recovery and he’ll be back soon.
“It’s not a physical thing, it’s always going to be a mental thing with me. This is the longest I’ve sat out at home in my entire career. Knock on wood, this is the absolute worst injury I’ve had. I didn’t just break my leg, and that’s what people just don’t understand. I tri-lateral shattered my ankle and then broke my tibia and fibia as well. This is an injury that a lot of people, it could take a year-and-a-half, two years to come back from. I’m telling you right now, it’s not going to take the ‘Death Machine’ that long to come back from it.
Callihan previously told Busted Open that he had the screws in his ankle removed on December 23, and he started walking on it and working out a few days after that. In regards to when he would return, Callihan said it was something he was keeping close to the vest and noted that he’s a sucker for surprises and he’d be back “at the time where you least expect it.”
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